Device for processing optical workpieces, particularly spectacle lenses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11633827-B2
Application number	US-201816182797-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2018
Priority date	Nov 8, 2017
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

A device for processing spectacle lenses has a work chamber, which is accessible by way of an opening and in which a workpiece mount and at least one tool mount are opposite one another and movable relative to one another so that a processing region of a tool held at the tool mount can be brought into processing engagement with a workpiece held at the workpiece mount and in processing engagement can be guided over the workpiece. For recognition of wear at the tool, a sensor equipment with at least one contactlessly operating sensor arrangement is provided and is movable outside the work chamber between a protected rest position and a detecting position. In the detecting position the sensor equipment is constructed to detect at the processing region of the tool held at the tool mount an unacceptable deviation beyond a predetermined amount from a desired geometry.

First claim

We claim:

1. A device for processing optical workpieces, comprising a work chamber, which is accessible from outside by way of a selectably closable opening and in which a workpiece mount and at least one tool mount are arranged opposite one another and movable relative to one another so that a processing region of a tool held at a first tool mount of the at least one tool mounts can be brought into processing engagement with a workpiece held at the workpiece mount and can be guided over the workpiece in the processing engagement, wherein for recognition of wear at the tool a sensor equipment with at least one contactlessly operating sensor arrangement is provided outside the work chamber and arranged to be movable from a protected rest position to a detecting position and conversely, and the sensor equipment is constructed to detect by the sensor arrangement in the detecting position via the opened opening of the work chamber at the processing region of the tool held at the first tool mount an unacceptable deviation of the processing region from a desired geometry beyond a predetermined amount.

2. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor equipment comprises a base frame which is mounted in fixed position, and a sensor holder on which the at least one sensor arrangement is mounted, said sensor holder being linearly displaceable with respect to said base frame so as to move the sensor arrangement from the protected rest position to the detecting position and conversely.

3. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 2 , further comprising a linear guide which has a guide carriage attached to the base frame and a guide rail mounted on the sensor holder, wherein the sensor holder is guided relative to the base frame by the linear guide.

4. A device for processing optical workpieces, according to claim 2 , wherein a shock absorber is positioned between the base frame and the sensor holder, which shock absorber limits the linear displacement of the sensor holder relative to the base frame and thus defines the detecting position of the at least one sensor arrangement.

5. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor equipment comprises a linear drive drivingly connected with the sensor holder.

6. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 5 , wherein the linear drive is a pneumatic cylinder mounted to be effective in terms of actuation between the base frame and the sensor holder.

7. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor equipment comprises a cover, and wherein the at least one sensor arrangement is covered by the cover in the protected rest position of the sensor arrangement so as to be sealed relative to the environment.

8. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 7 , wherein the cover of the sensor equipment comprises a flap which is mounted at an edge so that the flap is pivotable from a closed setting associated with the rest position of the at least one sensor arrangement to an open setting associated with the detecting position of the at least one sensor arrangement and conversely.

9. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 8 , further comprising a seal; which is mounted in fixed position and encircles the sensor equipment so as to seal the sensor equipment relative to the environment, wherein the flap in its closed setting cooperates with the seal.

10. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 8 , further comprising a spring, wherein the flap is biased by said spring into the closed setting.

11. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 8 , further comprising a proximity switch, wherein the flap co-operates with said proximity switch which is mounted in fixed position and which is adapted to detect the closed setting of the flap and thereby the rest position of the at least one sensor arrangement.

12. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 8 , wherein the flap is pivotable relative to the base frame in dependence on a displacement of the sensor holder.

13. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 12 , wherein the sensor holder engages the flap by way of a rotatably mounted roller body.

14. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 1 , further comprising a supporting frame surrounding the work chamber, wherein the sensor equipment is mounted by way of a holding frame directly on the supporting frame of the device.

15. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one tool mount further comprises a second tool mount which is arranged opposite the workpiece mount and which is movable in the work chamber relative to the workpiece mount so that a processing region of a further tool held at the second tool mount can be brought into processing engagement with a workpiece held at the workpiece mount and can be guided over the workpiece in processing engagement, wherein the second tool mount with the further tool held thereat is movable in parallel arrangement to and in common with the first tool mount with respect to the sensor equipment into a checking position in which by means of the sensor equipment the recognition of wear can be carried out via the opened opening of the work chamber, and wherein said at least one sensor arrangement of the sensor equipment are two sensor arrangements each associated with the respective first or second tool mounts.

16. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 15 , wherein the two sensor arrangements are of identical construction.

17. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 15 , wherein the sensor holder of the sensor equipment comprises a holder head having two mounting surfaces each for a respective one of the two sensor arrangements, said mounting surfaces being arranged in a wedge-shaped manner, including an acute angle (α) with one another, having a transverse offset (Q) from one another with respect to a longitudinal axis of the sensor holder, and being provided with oblong holes which permit mounting two of the sensor arrangements turned relative to one another on the mounting surfaces.

18. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 15 , wherein each of the two sensor arrangements comprises a laser and a light-section sensor, and wherein by the light-section sensor a laser line projectable by the laser on the processing region of the associated tool is detectable by way of a triangulation method.

19. A device for processing optical workpieces according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor arrangement comprises a laser and a light-section sensor, and wherein a laser line projectable by the laser on the processing region of the associated tool is detectable by way of a triangulation method.

Assignees

• Satisloh Ag

Inventors

• Bernhardt Viktor
• Hanisch Frank
• Mokrow Torsten
• Pavel Stephanie

Classifications

• B24B13/0037 Primary

  the lenses being worked by different tools, e.g. for rough-grinding, fine-grinding, polishing · CPC title

• B23Q17/0909

  Detection of broken tools · CPC title

• B23Q17/2457

  of tools · CPC title

• B23Q11/08

  Protective coverings for parts of machine tools; Splash guards · CPC title

• B24B49/12

  involving optical means · CPC title